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Alex Salmond has been reported to Scotland’s top civil servant after he used taxpayers’ money to stay in a luxury hotel during the Scottish Open last year.

Patricia Ferguson, the Scottish Labour MSP, has complained to Sir Peter Housden about the First Minister’s trip to Culloden House, near Inverness, last year. It comes after Mr Salmond was criticised for his team’s £500,000 trip to the Ryder Cup in Chicago.

Ms Ferguson, Scottish Labour’s sport spokeswoman, said: “At a time when families all over the country are tightening their belts because of the financial crisis, the idea that the First Minister